The playground at Celebration Hill by the Main Gate is closed. The silo slide in the Farmyard and Giant Tree slide in Maryland Wilderness remains open.
Maryland Zoo Bids Goodbye to Bella, Farmyard Favorite
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of Bella, the Ossabaw Island hog. Bella, age 17, was humanely euthanized at the Zoo yesterday after her health declined over the past few weeks. “Bella took up residence in the Farmyard as a piglet, and touched many people, staff and visitors alike, with her engaging personality over ...
First of its Kind Kickstarter Campaign Launched to Help Save Endangered African Penguins
African penguin populations have been declining for the past few decades. The Maryland Zoo, an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), is joining with the AZA and other accredited aquariums and zoos to take action and help reverse this trend. Today, they are launching the “Invest In The Nest” campaign on Kickstarter, the ...
Off Exhibit: New Rhino On Board
It’s not every day that a new animal joins the Zoo, especially one that weighs in at several thousand pounds. After the loss of Daisy Mae, a female Southern white rhino who outlived her life expectancy to become 48-years-old, the Zoo’s male, Stubby, was left without a fellow rhino. The effort to find another companion for Stubby actually began years ...
Maryland Zoo Celebrates 38th Annual ZooBOOO!
BALTIMORE, MD – For the 38th year, the Maryland Zoo brings growls and ghouls together at ZooBOOO! presented by Chase. ZooBOOO! will take place October 29th through the 31st, from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. ZooBOOO! includes safe Halloween trick-or-treating, visits from our Animal Ambassadors, two costume contests each day sponsored by Mount Washington ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes Two Red-Tailed Guenon!
-- They will reside in Chimpanzee Forest with the colobus monkeys - BALTIMORE, MD -- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is excited to welcome two Schmidt’s red-tailed guenon (gweh·nuhn) to the Chimpanzee Forest! The recently introduced pair are six-year-old female, Naim (nye-em), from ZooTampa at Lowry Park and five-year-old male, Gus, from Zoo Atlanta ...
The Maryland Zoo to Provide Assistance to Zoos Victoria for Ongoing Australia Wildfire Efforts
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo announced today that it will donate funds and begin a campaign to support wildlife rescue and rehabilitation efforts in response to the Australia wildfires. An immediate donation of $3000 from the Zoo’s Conservation Emergency Fund and Zoo volunteers will go directly to Zoos Victoria. As a nonprofit, state-run ...
Off Exhibit: Welcoming a Bobcat
Elusive, intelligent, sly … just some of the ways to describe bobcats, a species at home in parts of Maryland and most of North America. Now, this charismatic cat will have a special home at the Maryland Zoo. Behind-the-scenes work has begun to renovate and remake an exhibit in the Zoo’s Maryland Wilderness for this native animal. To talk all about ...
Maryland Zoo to Bring Bobcats to the Maryland Wilderness
The Zoo’s new Bobcat Exhibit is open and Kilgore can be seen from 10am-1pm daily. Follow the Zoo on Facebook for more exhibit updates and bobcat news. Learn about Kilgore below or click to get to know Josie. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has begun to renovate space in the Maryland Wilderness area to bring a new species to the Zoo. “We ...
Off Exhibit: Breakthrough in the Chimp Forest
Animal training is part of everyday life at the Zoo and most of the time is fairly routine. But, every once in a while a training breakthrough happens that’s both unexpected and unprecedented. On this episode of Off Exhibit, we’re talking with Area Manager Pam Carter. Pam is leading a team of dedicated primate keepers who have trained a complex new ...
Great White Pelican
As a species, great white pelicans are migrators. Many populations spend winter in sub-Saharan Africa and migrate to parts of Europe and Central Asia to nest. Other populations remain in southern Africa year-round. Great white pelicans prefer to inhabit fresh or brackish waters of lakes, deltas, lagoons and marshes. Shallower waters best support their ...
Maryland Zoo Announces 2023 Wildlife Response Fund Recipients
Funds raised in Baltimore are used to assist with wildlife emergencies around the globe. BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo has announced the 2023 recipients of its Wildlife Response Fund: Ukrainian Zoo Relief (via the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). “Zoo ...
Visitor Advisory for Sunday, October 20th
On Sunday, October 20, 2013, a large, local company has invited their employees to visit the Zoo starting at 12pm. If you’re planning a visit to the Zoo on this day, we recommend arriving early in order to avoid the larger than usual crowd expected to arrive in the afternoon. The Zoo opens at 10am. Traffic in and around the park on this afternoon is ...